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Hi all I had breast cancer back in 2019 in my right breast, I recently found a bump on my right anrmpit and I’ve been experiencing pain . I went to my breast care team got examined, the way she checked me has me thinking it could be something bad...
I've been advised that a front fastening bra would be best post lumpy op, for ease of putting on, although I'm lucky enough to have help with bras etc. Where do I get one from? Which one do I go for? I'm not a very large lady in that dept, but have...
Hi I am nearly 2 years in and treatment has finished, currently on Tamoifen and venlafaxine for the hot flushes etc. Around April I started to have a pain in my ribs where the radiotherapy was targeted. I had a ct scan in October which was all clear...
Can I ask if it’s usual to be prescribed Calci-D at the time of being prescribed letrozole. My oncologist requested my gp to prescribe both. I currently have worsening heartburn and sometimes acid reflux and was wondering if the calci-d might be causing...
Newby here no idea how this even works of if I’ll be able to chat/reply to anyone I’m a total dinosaur with on line stuff. Anyway just told today I have hormone positive breast cancer operation to remove the lump and lymph nodes for biopsy in January...
Hi everyone, my mum has breast cancer - the second time now, this time it has been found in a lymph node. She had MRI and CT scans on Friday morning and afternoon and her surgeon had told her she would have to wait a couple of weeks for the results of...
Hi everyone I have been on Anastrozole for 11 months now and the hot flushes/night sweats, sleep issues are mostly under control, but I have had continued vaginal/vulval dryness throughout this time. 14 Months ago I was on oral HRT and everything was...
Hi All, I was diagnosed with grade 3 invasive ductal breast cancer back in March, just after I turned 50. After a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, I have now been on Anastrozole for around 5 weeks. My side effects aren't debilitating, I get...
I have been taking exemastene for about 2 months. Can’t sleep more than a couple of hours., My mood is really low and I feel just at rock bottom. I was in Letrozole but it elevated my liver enzymes and I was very sick. My Oncotype score is 13. No chemo...
I found a lump in my left breast 8th Nov a few days after my 50th birthday,went to the doctors and was referred to the one stop breast clinic where I had a mammogram,ultrasound and biopsy. On the 24th November I was told I had primary breast cancer. Its...
